Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 560: God Walks in the World [8.5k words]

Sanctuary paradise, exclusive room.

[Tip: The transmission is completed and the pioneer has returned to the exclusive room]

A faint spatial fluctuation flashed by, and in the clean and tidy private room, Xin Lailai and Ling Yuzi walked out of the spatial fluctuation. After looking around and confirming that the three little guys in the house had all run to the next door to play, they looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and went to the storage room for sundries together, looking at the stone tablet placed in the corner:
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【Monument of Awakening】

Origin: Black Clover
Quality: Legend

Durability: 1/1
Conditions of use: Inlaid with 10 magic stones or more than 5 talent awakening stones, it can be used.

Use effect 1, Life Awakening: It can be used by inlaying 10 magic stones, which can greatly increase the activity of life energy and increase the upper limit of one's own magic power.

Use effect 2, talent awakening: It can be used if more than 5 talent awakening stones are embedded, which can force the talent to be awakened once. The risk level is unknown. The upper limit of talent awakening is determined by the number of embedded talent awakening stones, and the maximum can be increased to SSS.

Tip: If this is the first time to awaken talents, the upper limit of awakening is S.

*Tip: The more talent awakening stones are embedded, the higher the risk and effect of forced awakening. The upper limit is 10 stones.

Rating: 500
Introduction: Its value cannot be explained in a few words.

Price: Not for sale

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Monument of Awakening...

Xin Lailai looked at the stone tablet in front of him with a slight movement of his eyes. They had obtained this thing by cheating with 04296's strategy when they were in the first stage, and they had also collected the 10 talent awakening stones as rewards from Paradise at the end of the Black Bullet World. However, because the greatest value of this thing was for the second awakening of talent, they had thrown it into the utility room and ignored it.

But now, since they have broken through the barrier of reality and Ling Yuzi's talent has also awakened, this stone tablet that has been put away for more than half a year can finally come in handy.

"Lai Lai."

"Go ahead, I'll always be here with you."

"Ah."

Xin Lailai looked at Ling Yuzi beside her and said with a smile. Ling Yuzi nodded his head slightly, a smile appeared on his little face, then he looked firmly at the awakening stele in front of him and reached out to press it.

Om-! !

The next second, the ten talent awakening stones embedded in the stone tablet all burst into colorful light. At the same time, a cold paradise reminder sounded in Ling Yuzi's mind:
[Detected that the Pioneer is trying to force a second awakening of the talent, judging...]

[Judgment completed. Since the Pioneer has completed the breakthrough of the real attribute barrier, it can withstand the second awakening of the talent. According to the Pioneer's current soul strength and willpower attributes, the success rate of this awakening is 135.9%, and it will definitely awaken to SSS level.]

[Hint: Yes/No, awakening?]

"confirm."

[Confirmation completed]

A pleasant confirmation sound was heard, and the next moment, the colorful light on the stone tablet suddenly bloomed to its peak, illuminating the entire utility room as if it were an alien space, and Ling Yuzi's body suddenly softened and fell into Xin Lailai's arms.

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Wow——! !

When Ling Yuzi opened his eyes again, the first thing he saw was huge black chains flying in the sky and stone statues bound by chains.

"You...are qualified!"

A thunderous sound like thunder rang out from the sky. Then, several of the huge stone statues in various shapes in front of her slowly opened their eyes and shouted in unison, full of oppression:
"choose!"

Do you mean letting her choose the talent effect herself?

Upon hearing this, Ling Yuzi began to look at the stone statues that had opened their eyes. After taking a look around, he frowned slightly, and a hint of doubt appeared in his scarlet pupils.

"choose!!"

The deafening roar sounded again, and the stone statues opened their eyes and took a step towards her direction, pulling the chains wrapped around their bodies, causing the entire space to tremble slightly. But when Ling Yuzi saw this scene, a hint of thought appeared in his scarlet pupils.

"select……"

"You are too weak."

A cold and pleasant voice sounded, and Ling Yuzi looked up at the stone statues in front of him. He waved his arm, and a hundred-meter-long sword made of soul energy emerged, and with one sword he cut off all the stone statues in front of him.

Rumble——! !

"presumptuous!!"

A low roar like anger exploded from the sky. Following Ling Yuzi's action, the sleeping stone statues opened their eyes one after another and looked in the direction of Ling Yuzi. Seeing this, Ling Yuzi showed no fear in his eyes. Instead, a hint of heat flashed across his eyes.

So that's why she was wondering how SSS-level talent awakening could be so simple. Does it mean that she needs to clear all these things first?

Then, Ling Yuzi looked like a player who had found the answer to the puzzle. He looked at the army of stone statues all over the mountains in front of him with a hint of excitement on his face. With a thought, he quickly engraved a series of spells in the air, and finally pointed his finger and shouted:
"Gather!"

Buzz, rumble—!
In an instant, all the soul energy within a radius of several kilometers began to flow uncontrollably towards him, and under his manipulation, it transformed into great soul swords, with the sword tips pointed at the surrounding stone statues and fired out in unison.

boom!
The next second, a huge roar erupted from the space, filling the ears.

……

Half an hour later.

"How could I..."

"It's noisy."

Peng——! !

In the special space, Ling Yuzi looked at the huge stone statue nailed to the throne by a sword in front of him. He controlled the soul sword and slashed it upwards, completely destroying it and letting it turn into a large ball of pure soul energy and spread out.

That way, everything is done...

After doing all this, Ling Yuzi looked around and looked at the space that suddenly became unusually empty, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Very good. Even though some of the statues’ abilities were a bit tricky, I managed to deal with them all without missing a single one.

"But why do I always feel something is weird..."

Ling Yuzi looked at the space that was completely cleared by her, touched his chin, a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes, then he looked up at the sky full of chains and said:

"Hey, is there anything else that needs to be killed? Or do we need to kill you too?"

"..."

This time, the voice from the sky fell silent, and after a long while it continued:

"What...do you...want?"

"Hmm... a reward that will satisfy me?"

After hearing this, Ling Yuzi thought for a while, looked up at the sky and replied.

"..."

This time, the voice above was silent for longer.

"There is nothing to be gained here...

"All the thirty thousand...spiritual statues...have fallen...in your hands. This place...exists in name only...but is dead in reality."

"I am... just a wandering dead mind, managing... this... sleeping place, and I cannot... give... you... anything."

The voice in the sky came intermittently. Upon hearing it, Ling Yuzi blinked, looked at the empty space in front of him, thought about the meaning of the other party's words, and finally looked at the last stone statue behind him that had disappeared completely, as if he realized something.

She seemed to... misunderstand something?
——When the other party asked her to choose before, it seemed that he really just wanted her to choose an ability and leave?

So, Ling Yuzi lowered his head and thought for a while. After thinking about what to do in Lai Lai's style at this time, he raised his head and said confidently:

"That's your problem."

"Your attitude is terrible. You yelled so loudly right at the start, and asked me to choose from those inferior abilities. You have no sincerity."

"You should reflect on yourselves more. Although I went a little too far, didn't you do anything wrong?"

A pleasant voice sounded from the empty space, and Ling Yuzi looked up at the sky, and scolded the other party according to the "talking skills" he knew in his mind, making the voice in the sky completely silent.

"..."

"Don't pretend to be silent. Silence won't solve the problem. What you should do now is to find a way to solve the problem."

"I... am just... a wisp of dead thought, unable to... give... you... anything."

"Tsk, it's really useless."

As if unable to bear Ling Yuzi's criticism, the voice in the sky couldn't help but answer, and when Ling Yuzi heard it, an expression of disgust appeared on his little face, but at the same time a hint of thought appeared in his eyes.

Judging from the results, it seems that the other party really doesn't know what to give her, otherwise he wouldn't be treated like this by her.

But the problem is that she is currently in the process of awakening her talent, which has been notarized by the park. If the awakening really cannot go on due to some unexpected events, according to the park's regulations, the park should have intervened long ago.

But now that Paradise has not taken any action, it means that in Paradise's judgment, her talent awakening is still progressing normally... well, at least it can still continue.

In other words, there must be something here that she hasn't noticed...

Ling Yuzi was thinking, looking around at the empty space in front of him again and again, looking at the chains that were gradually disappearing, and the sky that seemed to be cracking. Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and his eyes lit up.

Yeah, how could she forget this? !
"Hey, I just thought of something I want!"

Then, Ling Yuzi raised his head excitedly and spoke to the sky.

"What…thing?"

The originally silent voice immediately rang out, and there seemed to be a hint of joy in it.

“This place—”

Finally, Ling Yuzi looked up at the sky, then pointed at the space below him and said seriously:
"It's mine!"

"..."

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Sanctuary paradise, exclusive room.

Does the second awakening take so long?

On the snow-white bed, Xin Lailai looked at Ling Yuzi lying in her arms, her brows slightly furrowed, a hint of worry flashing across her eyes.

Almost an hour had passed since Ling Yuzi's awakening. Logically speaking, with Ling Yuzi's current soul strength and willpower, it shouldn't take that long to awaken his spiritual body, a talent that is highly compatible with him...

"Um?!"

Suddenly, Xin Lailai seemed to realize something and turned his head to look at the girl in his arms. Almost at the same time, Ling Yuzi, who was lying in her arms, suddenly opened his eyes, sat up hurriedly, and said to Xin Lailai:
"Lai Lai, hurry up, enter the underworld...!"

Om-! !

The next moment, a powerful soul energy burst out from Xin Lailai's mind, which startled Xin Lailai. However, he had no time to think about it. He immediately followed Ling Yuzi's instructions and entered a deep meditation state, and then... [Prompt: It is detected that the pioneer is undergoing the baptism of pure soul origin, judging...]

[Judgment completed. Based on the Pioneer's current soul strength, you can undergo this soul origin baptism without risk...]

As the cold reminder sound of paradise sounded, Xin Lailai only felt an unusually warm current flowing into his soul, which gradually relaxed his originally tense mind and immersed him in this comfortable baptism process.

Time passed silently. Half an hour later, as the last warm current dissipated, Xin Lailai slowly opened his eyes, took a long breath, and looked at the prompt in front of him:
[Tip: Pioneer Soul Qualification Level +1]

[Tip: The Pioneer Soul Space Strength has been upgraded from "Delusion State" to "Imagination State"]

"..."

Xin Lailai looked at the prompt in front of him, looked at his own branding interface, and then looked at Ling Yuzi who was looking at him obediently in front of him, rubbed his temples gently, and asked:
"So, what's going on?"

He remembered that Ling Yuzi should have gone to awaken his talent, so why did he come back with a large amount of pure soul essence? !

Is the treatment for talent awakening so good these days?
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Ten minutes later, exclusive room.

"Uh, so, Ling Yuzi, you just took almost the entire origin of the soul space?!"

"Yes, because after awakening the talent, I felt it was a waste to leave it there, so I sealed the soul essence directly into the soul space. I didn't expect the effect to be so good."

"Laila, how did I do this time?"

In the room, Ling Yuzi said excitedly, and Xin Lailai tried her best to control the expression on her face when she heard it, as if something in her cognition had been refreshed.

To be honest, after listening to Ling Yuzi's story, he even felt a little sympathy for the thought of death in the other person's mouth. He was originally managing a soul space, but it was suddenly taken away by a person who rushed out from nowhere. Even the soul space itself was drained of its origin and taken away. He was also dragged by Paradise to do coolie. This level of unluckyness was second only to that of the Underworld among all the people he had met.

——Although for them it is really delicious.

"By the way, Lailai, where do you think that place is?"

"I don't know either. However, since we already have so many clues, we should be able to search directly in the academic sect."

As Xin Lailai spoke, his eyes moved slightly, looking at the edge of his branding interface, opening the database of the academic sect, searching directly, and then...

"Hmm? Got it! The Lingxu Ruins are the remains of the extinct Void Spirit Clan. It is a holy place specifically used to cultivate the descendants of the Void Spirit Clan. Every adult Void Spirit Clan member will be baptized there, choose a spirit statue based on their own strength, and awaken the corresponding soul talent..."

The two looked at the information searched out on the branding interface, reading it carefully, and the doubts in their minds gradually found answers.

According to the records in the academic sect database, during the Second Era, there once existed a small race called the 'Void Spirits' in the void.

The biggest characteristic of this race is that they are born without physical bodies. The entire race exists in the form of pure soul bodies, but at the same time, they have the racial talent to transform their bodies into physical bodies and can switch freely between energy bodies and physical bodies.

Because of this magical talent, the Void Spirits are born with a strong ability to adapt to the environment, allowing them to successfully survive in the harsh environment of the void, and also develop a variety of abilities and secret techniques suitable for the actions of pure soul bodies.

At the same time, as a clan with only three extremely powerful people at its peak, and less than 10,000 ninth-level people in the clan, the Xu Ling clan’s status in the void at that time was not the lowest, but it was basically the type that could not be ranked at all. Any branch of a big force could act like a big boss in front of the Xu Ling clan, and even if it was destroyed, few forces would care.

And this is indeed the case. According to the information, in the beginning, not many people in the star realm actually remembered the Void Clan. This was not the case even for a period of time after their demise. Even the reason why this name first appeared in the academic sect database was simply because the student sect at the time was counting the races that perished in the void due to the abyss invasion.

What really made the name of the Void Spirit Clan officially appear in front of a large number of soul scholars and set up a special research section for it was the discovery of soul space in the middle of the Golden Age.

In fact, soul space is not a particularly rare thing in the soul system. Generally speaking, as long as a soul system's luck is not too bad, it will be able to open a soul space before the sixth level.

Not only that, because of the powerful functions of the soul space, there has never been a lack of secret methods in the soul system that are based on the soul space. The most classic of these is the "Kingdom of Soul" left behind by the "Kingdom of Soul" that had perished as early as the Second Era.

This secret technique can continuously enhance the rank of the soul space and expand its capacity. Theoretically speaking, if this secret technique is practiced to the extreme, it can even allow the soul space to form a complete country in the end, accommodating hundreds of millions of souls.

It can be said that the Soul Department has never stopped its development and exploration of soul space. Especially in the Golden Age, scholars of the Soul Department even divided the levels of soul space into several grades according to the upgrade route of soul space.

The lowest level among them is the soul space when it is just opened up. This kind of soul space is also called "delusional state". It is an illusory existence in itself. Except for pure energy products, basically nothing else can be brought in.

Above the "delusional state" is the "fantasy state". The soul space at this stage can form various phenomena according to one's own ideas. For example, one can project the memories in one's brain into the soul space by just thinking, or arbitrarily simulate the soul energy into the object one wants to see. The stability and concealment of the soul space will be greatly improved, but it is still impossible to bring objects other than energy products into it.

When it reaches the third stage, the "fantasy state", the nature of the soul space begins to change. The soul space at this stage can not only form various phenomena based on one's own thoughts, but these phenomena also have certain effects within the soul space. For example, flames can really burn people, lightning can really electrocute people, and the imaginary delicate girl can really be touched and do unspeakable things.

As for the "hypothetical state" that is higher, it is even more powerful. When the soul space reaches this stage, it only takes a thought to create phenomena that are infinitely close to the real thing in the soul space. Even the souls created will become like real ones, with their own thoughts and wills, and even go to the outside world to take actions. Although the life and existence of these souls are still bound to the soul space, their performance is still comparable to that of the Creator.

However, even at this stage, the soul space still cannot bring in any substantial matter and can only accommodate soul energy. The only difference is that the upper limit of the capacity for non-soul energy and supernatural energy is also greatly increased.

This was also the upper limit of soul space recognized by the soul world at that time:
No matter how hard they try, this special space formed by the soul can never truly accommodate actual existing matter.

This includes the "Kingdom of Souls" secrets left over from the "Kingdom of Souls" and other secrets related to soul space at the time. No matter how much one studies and practices, the upper limit that can be reached is the "virtual" soul space, and one can never cross the barrier between "imagination" and "reality".

——Until scholars who studied the soul discovered the soul space left behind by one of the only three extremely powerful people in the Void Spirit Clan.

In fact, the discovery was a pure coincidence.

Even the initial discoverer simply thought that he had found a small world floating in the abyss erosion zone, and did not think of everything he saw in the direction of soul space at all.

It was not until the discoverer was trapped in the soul space and sent a rescue signal to the outside world that the soul-type strongman among his companions who came to rescue him was surprised to find that the dangerous place his companions mentioned was not a "small world" at all, but a "soul space" opened up by a soul-type strongman, a "soul space" that can accommodate real matter!
This discovery directly alarmed all the powerful soul masters in the entire star realm at that time. All the soul masters who heard the news, as long as they had time, basically rushed to the coordinates of the soul space without stopping.

It was also that discovery that allowed the Void Spirits, a small race that no one had ever forgotten, to officially appear before the public. It also added two new upper limits to the Soul Space Theory, which had remained unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years:
"Ideal state" and "real state".

"Ideal state" refers to the stage of the soul space left by the extremely powerful virtual spirit clan that was discovered at that time. It can not only accommodate various real substances, but its creator will also have great power similar to that of the creator god in the soul space, and can directly protect an entire clan member while traveling in the void.

The "real state" was a form of soul space that only existed in the imagination of the Void Spirit Clan, as learned by a group of soul scholars at the time based on the documents found in that soul space.

The soul space in this form is no longer a creation based on imagination, but will change into a real world with its own origin and will. The life and death of life born in it is no longer bound to the creator of the soul space. It has truly reached the level of a creator.

Theoretically speaking, the discovery of the "ideal state" and the "real state" had an absolutely subversive impact on the soul space system at that time.

But in fact, the turmoil returned to calm less than fifty years later, and even the affairs of the Void Spirit Clan were once again forgotten in the corner of the database.

The reason for all this is actually very simple:
——Because people soon discovered that the "ideal state" and the "real state" are simply impossible to replicate.

These two forms are only achieved by the Void Spirits. There is not even any detailed theory in the process of their realization. It all depends on the racial talents of the Void Spirits themselves.

In other words, now that the Void Spirits have been completely destroyed, these two forms will always be just a fantasy that only exists in theory and have no practical significance at all.

This is why the terms such as the Void Spirits, ideal state and real state are rarely mentioned in mainstream basic soul textbooks today.

After all, textbooks are used to educate future generations, and no matter who you are, you would not want your descendants to pursue something illusory that is impossible to achieve.

The content about the Void Spirit Clan is obviously more suitable to be placed in the advanced soul knowledge, so that those soul system strongmen who have already decided on their own system can check it out by themselves, rather than putting it in mid- and low-level textbooks, causing those curious soul system newcomers to have unnecessary delusions.

"Lai Lai, why do I feel like, after reading this, we suddenly feel a little sorry for the Void Spirit Clan..."

"Well, at least you, Ling Yuzi, didn't drain all the essence of that soul space, right? In that case, with Paradise in charge, that soul space shouldn't have any major problems."

When Xin Lailai heard what Ling Yuzi said, she coughed lightly and explained with some embarrassment.

To be honest, after reading the contents of the information, not to mention Ling Yuzi, even he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

The Xu Ling tribe had been in a bad enough situation, but the only ruins they had left were destroyed by them. From this point of view, what they did was really stupid.

Although if he really had to choose, Xin Lailai estimated that he would still agree without hesitation to Ling Yuzi's action of extracting the origin of that soul space.

To put it bluntly, although the Void Spirits suffered a tragic fate, that was all that mattered to them. If they were really so sympathetic to the story of a long-extinct race that they were reluctant to touch their ancestral graves, then it would be better for them to bury themselves as soon as possible.

——He sympathizes because he still has humanity in his heart, and he chooses interests because his mind is still clear.

Besides, if you really count it, every breath of air they breathe now may be desecrating the corpse of some civilization from several epochs ago?
"But then again, why would Paradise arrange for you, Ling Yuzi, to go to a place like that to awaken your talent a second time?"

"Hmm... maybe it's because I'm a spiritual creature like the Void Spirits? And judging from the results, the soul space of the Void Spirits is indeed a very good tonic."

"That's true, but I feel like the park has other purposes..."

Xin Lailai looked at the information in front of him, touched his chin, muttered to himself, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Although it can be explained simply by suitability, to be honest, based on his understanding of his own paradise, it is absolutely impossible that the paradise did this simply because that soul space is suitable for Ling Yu Zijue...

Wait, fit?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came into Xin Lailai's mind. He looked at Ling Yuzi in front of him, and a guess suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Zero more."

"Ok?"

"Tell me, is it possible that people in the Demon Slayer world leave behind spirits after death because Paradise is intentionally cultivating pure spirit life, or even... intentionally replicating the Hollow Spirit Clan?"

Xin Lailai looked at the girl in front of her and told her what was in her mind, and Ling Yuzi was stunned when he heard it.

"It seems... that this is indeed possible?"

"...I suddenly feel that our paradise is a little too exciting."

"……indeed."

In the exclusive room, the two of you looked at each other, and for a moment you didn't know what to say.

"Huh... Never mind. I'll just let him be a test subject of the Void Elves. I'll take it if there's any benefit. Overwatch has a whole army of giants."

"Well, if it feels like this, then maybe Lailai and I will have a chance to swallow the soul space left by the Void Spirits in the future?"

Finally, Xin Lailai let out a long sigh and discarded all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and Ling Yuzi nodded in agreement.

Just like Xin Lailai said, even if she really was a replica of the experimental version of the Void Elves, it would only benefit them and not harm them.

In other words, along the way, they have already learned about a lot of experimental products in the derivative world.

The wild god cells in the world of God Eater, the founding Titan in the world of Titans, the anti-magic in the world of Black Four, the mind in the world of Hunter x Hunter, the gift system in the world of Chicuo...

As long as one observes carefully, one will find that the special systems in these derivative worlds are closely related to many top systems that actually existed in the star realm.

It can be said that the derivative world of the park is naturally a large testing ground. In this case, if there is no "experiment" behind any derivative world, that would be something that people would care more about.

"Okay, let's first see the effect of your talent awakening to SSS, Ling Yuzi."

"Ok!"

After a few simple complaints, Xin Lailai shook his head and said to Ling Yuzi, while Ling Yuzi nodded and looked at his talent interface with Xin Lailai with anticipation.

——She had been resisting the urge to look at the effects of her talent, just to keep this feeling of surprise at this moment and share it with the other person.

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【Talent Interface】

Name: Spirit Body

Category: Special Talent (Second Awakening)

Grade: SSS
Talent effect 1, Transformation of Soul into Body (Passive): Soul potential rank +1, Soul strength +20 (increased by 10), Soul skill effect increased by 100% (increased by 50%), Soul energy recovery speed increased by 400% (increased by 200%), a semi-solid Soul energy crystal shell can be formed on the surface of the soul, greatly reducing the speed of Soul energy loss when the soul is exposed to the outside world, and improving environmental resistance.

*Tip: This ability can only improve regular soul abilities and cannot benefit "Soul Master LV.20".

Talent effect 2, transform soul into shell (active): can consume 100% of soul energy and transform the soul energy crystal shell into a permanent soul shell. The soul shell can be operated freely, and when the soul dies, it can be reborn immediately with the help of the soul shell. The current upper limit of soul shells that can be condensed is: 0/3 (increased by 2).

*Tip: The soul shell will automatically dissipate when the distance between it and the main body exceeds the world range.

Talent Effect 3, Walking in the World (Active): When attached to actual matter, the soul shell can be activated immediately. During this period, the soul energy crystal shell will immediately materialize, gaining a series of physical attributes equivalent to its own body, including real strength, real agility, real physical strength, physical defense, nerve reflex speed, etc., and the body surface will gain 50 points (soul strength*0.5) of equipment defense judgment, with a maximum duration of 100 seconds (current soul strength*1).

*Tip: If the strength of the attached material shell is too low, the duration of "walking in the world" will be shortened slightly to extremely greatly.

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(End of this chapter)